Bring your children to Craft Bash on Saturday, April 30th from 11AM-2PM. The Artists’ Exchange will be creating Mothers Day Crafts. Bring in a photo of yourself and turn it into art for Mom! Not only are these craft sessions fun for kid’s but they are also FREE. (sponsored by Kiki’s Garden)

Bring your children to Craft Bash on Saturday, March 26th from 11AM-2PM. The Artists’ Exchange will be creating painted flower pots. Not only are these craft sessions fun for kid’s but they are also FREE. (sponsored by Kiki’s Garden)

Congratulations to this year’s Narragansett HS Aspire Higher Art Scholar,Jake Edward Clarke. We were lucky to get the chance to hear him sing a wonderful A cappella rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at the award ceremonies last evening… just perfect!

He will be attending URI in the Fall with a double major in Theater and Computer Science.

Best wishes to North Kingstown High School Student Natalie Christine Toland and EWG student Amber Leigh Maldonado, they are recipients of the 2015 Kiki’s Garden Aspire Higher Scholarship. Natalie will be attending Columbia College in Chicago as a Comedy Writer & Performance major. Amber is a talented guitarist and will be attending The University of RI as a Music major.

If you would like to read more about the Aspire Higher Scholarship click here.

We are happy to announce two amazing fundraiser events lined up for 2015 to celebrate our 5th Anniversary; Rockin’ for A Cause and the Sunflower Soiree. Join us in continuing to help kids in our local community play, learn, create, grow, and bloom!

On the evening of Thursday May, 14th we awarded out first state wide “Aspire Higher Scholarship” to Charissa Menard, a student at the JM Walsh School of Arts. Charissa will be furthering her studies at Johnson and Wales University, and will be concentrating in Business Administration. Charissa’s dream is to one day open her own academy of the arts. We wish Charissa the best of luck on her journey, and we are very proud of her drive and accomplishments.

Zach created a newsletter, Z NEWS, to raise funds to support non-profits. Zachary donated over $100 last year to Amigos de Honduras and Pure Water for the World. Both charities work in Honduras. Z’s money went towards building a school and installing a water filter into a home. Z’s Fall edition raised $40 which he donated to Kiki’s Garden in memory of his Auntie, Krista Weller Burns. Thanks, Zachary, for all your work to help kids BLOOM! Part of the Kiki’s Garden Mission is to promote kindness by encouraging kids to “Seed a Good Deed”. Thanks you Zachary!

Do you know of someone or a group of kids seeding good deeds? Please share the good news with us.

We are excited to announce our affiliation with The Women’s Resource Center. We kicked off our 2015 Outreach Initiative yesterday by providing art supplies for their programs that help women and children who have been affected by domestic violence.

The Women’s Resource Center Mission:“Leading domestic violence prevention through the empowerment of individuals and the community by providing advocacy, education and support services.”

The healing power of involvement in the ARTS is well documented and with the support of all our donors we work together to help those in need BLOOM! Thanks to all and stay tuned for updates.
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